Manitoba Law Journal (Robson Crim)

Our current call for papers can be found at: Robson Crim Homepage

The Manitoba Law Journal in conjunction with Robsoncrim.com are pleased to announce an annual special call for papers for a yearly thematic volume dealing with Current Issues in Criminal Law. We invite scholarly papers, reflection pieces, research notes, book reviews, or other forms of written or pictorial expression for the publication in a special volume of the Manitoba Law Journal. We are looking for submissions from not only academics, but students, practitioners, policy makers, regulators and judges. Succinct and extended pieces are both welcome.

Submissions are due by February 1 of each year

Submissions should generally be under 15,000 words (inclusive of footnotes) and if at all possible conform with the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation, 8th ed (Toronto: Thomson Carswell, 2014) - the “McGill Guide”. Submissions must be in word or word compatible formats and contain a 250 word or less abstract and a list of 10-15 keywords.

Aims and Scope
The Manitoba Law Journal (MLJ) is a publication of the Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba located at Robson Hall. We hope to provide lively, practical and informative commentary on developments in areas that include case law, legislation, the administration of justice, and legal practice. We aim at producing critical coverage of events in our own community, but welcome pertinent commentary concerning developments at the national or international level or in other provinces. The MLJ is carried on LexisNexis, Westlaw and Heinonline and included in the annual rankings of law journals by the leading service, the Washington and Lee University annual survey. The MLJ operates with the support of the SSHRC aid to scholarly journal grants program.

Peer Review
We generally use a double-blind peer review process to ensure that the quality of our publications meets the requisite academic standards. Articles are anonymized and then, after editorial review, reviewed by anonymous experts. Occasionally the identity of the author is intrinsic to evaluating the article (e.g., an invited distinguished lecture or interview) and the reviewers will be aware of it. Articles are accepted with revisions, encouraged to revise and resubmit, or rejected.

This is an open access journal, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user